Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Central Michigan paired 40 primary output with 42.7 efficiency.
Player Stats
Michael Heldman College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 119
- TFL
- 34.5
- Sacks
- 18.5
- QB hurries
- 27
- Passes defended
- 5
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 11 | 20 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 10 | 19 | 4.5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 44.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 12 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | 0 | 43 |
| 2025 Postseason | Central Michigan | 13 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 75.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 13 | 47 | 16 | 11.5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 75.2 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 42.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
3.1
Efficiency
42.7
Usage
18.3
Consistency
58.2
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Active game
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0.5. San José State: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Michigan: 1. Wagner: 4. Eastern Michigan: 4. Akron: 1. Bowling Green: 4. Massachusetts: 6. Western Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 8. Kent State: 5.5. Toledo: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 1 by 9.2. San José State: 6 by 45. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Wagner: 5 by 60.8. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 60.8. Akron: 5 by 30.8. Bowling Green: 5 by 60.8. Massachusetts: 1 by 54.2. Western Michigan: 6 by 25. Buffalo: 4 by 66.7. Kent State: 5 by 70.8. Toledo: 3 by 52.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins4.8 · Games = 7 · +3.7 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 6 · -3.7 vs Wins
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